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A Surprising Way to Protect Yourself from This Year’s Nasty Flu
Or, how hugging could keep you from getting sick Hugs for health Let’s say you’re the kind of person who takes all the doctor-recommended steps to avoid other people’s germs and stay healthy. You’ve…
Health, Health Management / FEBRUARY 28 2018
Why Vaccinations Are Underutilized – and How Behavioral Science Can Help
Vaccination is one of the most effective public health interventions of our time. Each year, vaccination prevents 2.5 million deaths in children under age five. For older adults, vaccines reduce heart attack, pneumonia,…
Health, Health Management, Medical Decision-Making / FEBRUARY 22 2018
Research Insights on Titles for Health Coaches
This post originally appeared on the Envolve PeopleCare blog St. Louis, MO (February 20, 2018) – Recent research conducted by the Envolve Center for Health Behavior Change™ examined expectations for health coaching relationships and preferences for titles of…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Health / FEBRUARY 20 2018
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Digital Health’s Secret Weapon: Behavioral Science
By Aline Holzwarth Article originally appeared in HealthTech magazine. Read the full article here. With the ubiquity of smartphones, and the fact that everyone (including your grandma) carries their devices with them everywhere, we also carry…
The Mbrella Calendar: Helping Kenyan Families Track Their Savings for Health Insurance
Mbrella is a charitable organization devoted to helping impoverished Kenyan families buy health insurance. Mbrella connects donors with Kenyan mothers and employs a number of behavioral interventions meant to help the mother gain enough…
Make plans, not resolutions
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. By Aline Holzwarth Your new year’s resolution is very likely to fail. Most do. Resolutions are just not built to succeed. They rely on willpower, hoping…
Help us improve email
Dear friends, In thinking about how to improve email (something that gives us both joy and stress), I’d like to ask for your help. I’m trying to understand how people use email and what…